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Bad organisation is causing lengthy food queues in the Olympic village

There could be an alternative explanation behind those empty seats — their
occupants are all outside queueing for food.

Visitors to the Olympic venues have praised the upbeat atmosphere, the beaming
volunteers and smooth security checks. But one complaint keeps on repeating
itself: the lengthy food queues.

When commentators at the Greenwich showjumping arena urged 20,000 spectators
to “get a snack” when the action broke for lunchtime on Monday, visitors
found themselves queueing for hours at the small Mexican and seafood stalls
that struggled to cope with demand.

At the Olympic Park yesterday, Taneesha Dixon, 25, had been waiting for 50